Chapter One

1. Identify the major categories and trends of

e-commerce applications
2. Identify the essential processes of an e-
commerce system, and give examples of
how they are implemented in e-commerce
applications.
3. Identify and give examples of several key
factors and Web store requirements needed
to succeed in e-commerce.

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4. Identify and explain the business value of
several types of e-commerce marketplaces.
5. Discuss the benefits and trade-offs of
several e-commerce clicks and bricks
alternatives.

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 More than just buying and selling products
online
 Includes the entire online process of
◦ Developing, marketing, selling, delivering, servicing
and paying for products and services
◦ Transacted on the internetworked global
marketplaces of customers
◦ With the support of a worldwide network of business
partners

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 Business-to-Consumer (B2C) – businesses
develop attractive electronic marketplaces to
sell products and services to consumers
 Business-to-Business (B2B) – involves both
electronic business marketplaces and direct
market links between businesses
 Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) – online
auctions where consumers can buy and sell
with each other

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 E-commerce processes must establish
mutual trust and secure access
 Between the parties in an e-commerce
transaction
 By authenticating users, authorizing access,
and enforcing security features

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 Gather data on you and your website
behavior and choices
 Build electronic profiles of your
characteristics and preferences
 Profiles are used to recognize you and
provide you with a personalized view of the
contents of the site with product
recommendations and personalized
advertising
 One-to-one marketing strategy

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 Search processes that helps customers find
the specific product or service they want to
evaluate or buy

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 Content Management – software that helps
e-commerce companies develop, generate,
deliver, update, and archive text data and
multimedia information at e-commerce
websites
 Catalog Management – software that helps
generate and manage catalog content
 May support customer self-service and
mass-customization of products, e.g., Dell
Computer configuration management

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 Software that helps employees electronically
collaborate to accomplish structured work
tasks within knowledge-based business
processes
 Ensure proper transactions, decisions, and
work activities are performed and the correct
data and documents are delivered to the
right employee, customer, or supplier

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 Most e-commerce applications are event-
driven
 Respond to events such as customer’s first
website access, payment, delivery
 Event notification software monitors e-
commerce processes
 Records all relevant events including problem
situations
 Notifies all involved stakeholders

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 Processes that support the vital collaboration
arrangements and trading services
 Needed by customers, suppliers, and other
stakeholders
 Online communities of interest
◦ E-mail, chat, and discussion groups
◦ Enhance customer service and build customer loyalty

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 Web Payment Processes
◦ Shopping cart process
◦ Credit card payment process
◦ Other more complex payment processes
 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
◦ Capture and process money and credit transfers
between banks and businesses and their customers

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 Network sniffers
◦ Software that recognizes and intercepts credit card
number formats
 Security measures to combat
◦ Encrypt (code and scramble) data between customer
and merchant
◦ Encrypt credit card authorizations
◦ Take sensitive information off-line

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 Selection and Value
◦ Attractive product selections, competitive prices,
satisfaction guarantees, and customer support after
the sale
 Performance and Service
◦ Fast, easy navigation, shopping, and purchasing,
and prompt shipping and delivery
 Look and Feel
◦ Attractive web storefront, website shipping areas,
multimedia product catalog pages, and shopping
features

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 Advertising and Incentives
◦ Targeted web page advertising and e-mail promotions,
discounts and special offers, including advertising at
affiliate sites

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 Personal Attention
◦ Personal web pages, personalized product
recommendations, Web advertising and e-mail
notices, and interactive support for all customers
 Community Relationships
◦ Virtual communities of customers, suppliers,
company representatives, and others via
newsgroups, chat rooms, and links to related sites
 Security and Reliability
◦ Security of customer information and website
transactions, trustworthy product information, and
reliable order fulfillment

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 Build website
◦ Use simple website design tools
◦ Predesigned templates
◦ Build your own website or use outside contractor
 Market website to attract visitors and
transform them into loyal customers

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 Serve customers by creating user profiles,
personal Web pages and promotions that
help develop a one-to-one relationship
 Transact with customers by providing an
attractive, friendly, and efficient Web store
 Support customers with
◦ Self-help menus, tutorials, FAQs
◦ E-mail correspondence with customer service
representatives

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 Manage both the business and the website
◦ Record and analyze traffic, inventory and sales
◦ Link to accounting system
 Operate twenty-four hours a day, seven days
a week
 Protect transactions and customer records,
use firewalls, and repel hacker attacks

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 Should we integrate our e-commerce business
operations with our traditional physical
business operations
 Or should we keep them separate?

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